THE WOMEN OF 'THE WHITE LOTUS' CHECK INTO SEASON 3 IN THAILAND

Get ready to check into "The White Lotus" in Thailand for Season 3 - this time, sadly, there's no room for Jennifer Coolidge, who went overboard in the second season.

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With the absence of her fan-favorite character Tanya comes the opportunity for other characters to win over the audience, when it returns to screens on Sky and HBO this Sunday.

Vying for your love or loathing at the indulgent Thailand outpost is Michelle Monaghan's vacationing TV actor and Aimee Lou Wood's cool Brit. Natasha Rothwell is back as spa manager Belinda, herself a victim of Tanya's flighty financial ways in the first season. Blackpink’s Lisa makes her acting debut as a resort employee.

Lalisa Manobal, best known as Lisa to Blackpink fans, makes her acting debut on the third season of “The White Lotus.” The multi-talented star spoke with The Associated Press about her upcoming album “Alter Ego” and the 2025 Blackpink world tour. (Feb. 10)

As before, in Mike White’s anthology series, the rich holidaymakers are unable to upgrade themselves away from the sense of menace that lurks around the landscaped hotel grounds.

The cast? They’re having a much better time.

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Monaghan cried when she found out she got the role of TV star Jaclyn.

“It was such a big deal and it’s such an exciting opportunity,” she explained, adding that she opened a bottle of Champagne to celebrate. As the show is popular, critically acclaimed and filmed in exotic locations, Monaghan, who recently featured in Apple TV+’s “Bad Monkey,” agrees that starring in White’s prestige drama is “hands down, no doubt about it” the best job on television.

Rothwell agrees with her. She returns as Belinda, who worked at the Hawaii resort, home to Season 1.

“I don’t know what I did in a previous life to deserve this, but I’m so grateful to be a part of this family,” Rothwell says.